Virginia 2023 Election Results — MultiState Elections

Virginia held its general election on November 7, 2023, deciding 140 legislative seats. Control shifted: the House of Delegates moved from a 52-48 Republican majority to a 51-49 Democratic majority.

Highlights

Democrats' sweep ended Gov. Glenn Youngkin's push for a Republican trifecta and, with it, his proposed 15-week abortion ban. Youngkin had poured energy, money, and political capital into the effort. Senate Democratic Caucus Chair Mamie Locke promised no abortion ban would reach his desk. Neither Democratic majority is large enough to override a veto.
Every seat was on new maps from the latest redistricting. In two open Senate seats, Democrats won: former prosecutor and CIA officer Russet Perry (D) beat Juan Pablo Segura (R) by about 6 points in District 31, and Danica Roem (D) beat Bill Woolf (R) in District 30 to become the first openly transgender Virginia senator. Three incumbents lost to the other party:
- Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) unseated Sen. Siobhan Dunnavant (R), an OB-GYN, by nearly 10 points in Senate District 16.
- Former York County sheriff J.D. "Danny" Diggs (R) unseated Sen. Monty Mason (D) by about 700 votes in Senate District 24.
- Michael Feggans (D) unseated Del. Karen Greenhalgh (R) by about 5 points in Virginia Beach's House District 97.
Republicans won every race decided by about two points or less, including Diggs's Senate win above:
- David Owen (R) beat Susanna Gibson (D) by about 700 votes in District 57, a race that drew national attention after the revelation that Gibson had performed sex acts online with her husband for money.
- Chris Obenshain (R) held off Lily Franklin (D) by about 180 votes in District 41 after late mail and provisional ballots sharply narrowed his lead.
- Del. Kim Taylor (R) survived a December recount against Kim Adams (D) in District 82, the closest race of the cycle at fewer than 100 votes.
- In the Senate, Tara Durant (R) beat Joel Griffin (D) by about 1,250 votes for the open District 27 seat around Fredericksburg.
Senate Democrats chose Scott Surovell (D) as their new majority leader, succeeding the retiring Dick Saslaw, and when the new House convened, it elected Don Scott (D) as the first Black speaker in Virginia legislative history.
In all, 4 incumbents lost in November and 36 candidates ran unopposed. The one not listed above, Del. Matt Fariss (I), missed the filing deadline for the GOP nomination and finished a distant third as an independent in District 51, which Eric Zehr (R) won.

Legislature

House of Delegates (100 seats): 48 D, 52 R before the election, 51 D, 49 R after; control moved from Republicans to Democrats.
Senate (40 seats): 21 D, 19 R before the election, 21 D, 19 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Legislative races

Race	Winner	Others	Notes
House of Delegates 1	Patrick Hope (D) 95.5%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 2	Adele McClure (D) 95.3%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 3	Alfonso Lopez (D) 81.66%	Mike Webb (I) 17.12%
House of Delegates 4	Charniele Herring (D) 93.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 5	Elizabeth Bennett-Parker (D) 91.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 6	R.C. Sullivan Jr. (D) 61.9%	Kristin Hoffman (R) 37.8%
House of Delegates 7	Karen Keys-Gamarra (D) 73.3%	Luellen Hoffman Maskeny (R) 26.5%
House of Delegates 8	Irene Shin (D) 67.6%	Max Fisher (R) 32%
House of Delegates 9	Karrie Delaney (D) 61.1%	Nhan Huynh (R) 38.6%
House of Delegates 10	Dan Helmer (D) 59.4%	Jim Thomas (R) 40.3%
House of Delegates 11	David Bulova (D) 70.6%	Almira Mohammed (R) 29.1%
House of Delegates 12	Holly Seibold (D) 92.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 13	Marcus Simon (D) 78.5%	David Crance (L) 20.2%
House of Delegates 14	Vivian Watts (D) 69.4%	Curtis Wells (R) 30.3%
House of Delegates 15	Laura Jane Cohen (D) 61.9%	Marcus Evans (R) 37.9%
House of Delegates 16	Paul Krizek (D) 90.6%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 17	Mark Sickles (D) 92.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 18	Kathy Tran (D) 65.6%	Ed McGovern (R) 34%
House of Delegates 19	Rozia Henson (D) 91.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 20	Michelle Maldonado (D) 56.75%	Sharon Ashurst (R) 43.25%
House of Delegates 21	Josh Thomas (D) 51.7%	John Stirrup (R) 48.1%
House of Delegates 22	Ian Lovejoy (R) 52.2%	Travis Nembhard (D) 47.6%
House of Delegates 23	Candi Mundon King (D) 67.9%	James Tully (R) 31.7%
House of Delegates 24	Luke Torian (D) 90.8%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 25	Briana Sewell (D) 61.6%	Jack Gray (R) 38%
House of Delegates 26	Kannan Srinivasan (D) 60.9%	Rafi Khaja (R) 38.8%
House of Delegates 27	Atoosa Reaser (D) 57.1%	Chris Harnisch (R) 42.3%
House of Delegates 28	David Reid (D) 61.2%	Paul Lott (R) 38.4%
House of Delegates 29	Marty Martinez (D) 56.9%	Jonathan Mark Rogers (R) 42.8%
House of Delegates 30	Geary Higgins (R) 53.1%	Rob Banse (D) 46.7%
House of Delegates 31	Delores Oates (R) 60.23%	Steven Foreman (D) 35.05%, Grace Morrison (I) 4.5%
House of Delegates 32	Bill Wiley (R) 60.8%	Mady Rodriguez (D) 39%
House of Delegates 33	C. Todd Gilbert (R) 77.7%	Roby Smith (D) 22.1%
House of Delegates 34	Tony Wilt (R) 56.9%	Esther Nizer (D) 43%
House of Delegates 35	Chris Runion (R) 96.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 36	Ellen McLaughlin (R) 60.1%	Randall Wolf (D) 39.8%
House of Delegates 37	Terry Austin (R) 69.1%	Steve Clark (D) 30.5%
House of Delegates 38	Sam Rasoul (D) 91.8%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 39	Bill Davis (R) 95.3%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 40	Joe McNamara (R) 59.83%	Misty Dawn Vickers (D) 40.17%
House of Delegates 41	Chris Obenshain (R) 50.3%	Lily Franklin (D) 49.6%
House of Delegates 42	Jason Ballard (R) 92.5%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 43	Will Morefield (R) 85.24%	Dave Ratliff (I) 14.39%
House of Delegates 44	Israel O'Quinn (R) 96.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 45	Terry Kilgore (R) 97.7%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 46	Jed Arnold (R) 95.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 47	Wren Williams (R) 74.6%	Patricia Quesenberry (D) 22.24%, Jacob Frogel (I) 2.67%
House of Delegates 48	Les R. Adams (R) 96.8%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 49	Dan Marshall (R) 93.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 50	Tommy Wright (R) 65.9%	Josh Blakely (D) 33.9%
House of Delegates 51	Eric Zehr (R) 72.57%	Kimberly Moran (D) 21.25%, Matt Fariss (I) 6.03%	Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 52	Wendell Walker (R) 54.5%	Jennifer Woofter (D) 45.4%
House of Delegates 53	Tim Griffin (R) 70.6%	Sam Soghor (D) 29.1%
House of Delegates 54	Katrina Callsen (D) 96.9%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 55	Amy Laufer (D) 61.4%	Steve Harvey (R) 38.5%
House of Delegates 56	Tommy L. Garrett (R) 89.5%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 57	David Owen (R) 50.8%	Susanna Gibson (D) 48.8%
House of Delegates 58	Rod Willett (D) 54.5%	Riley Shaia (R) 45.4%
House of Delegates 59	Buddy Fowler (R) 58.2%	Rachel Levy (D) 41.7%
House of Delegates 60	Scott Wyatt (R) 67.4%	Keith Braxton (D) 32.4%
House of Delegates 61	Mike Webert (R) 65.2%	La Keisha Jackson (D) 34.7%
House of Delegates 62	Nick Freitas (R) 61.7%	Sara Ratcliffe (D) 38.2%
House of Delegates 63	Phil Scott (R) 83.6%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 64	Paul Milde III (R) 54.3%	Leonard Lacey (D) 45.3%
House of Delegates 65	Josh Cole (D) 52.8%	Lee Peters III (R) 46.8%
House of Delegates 66	Bobby Orrock (R) 55.6%	Mark Lux (D) 44.1%
House of Delegates 67	Hillary Pugh Kent (R) 64.78%	John Charles Smith (D) 33.07%, Richard Kenski (I) 2.11%
House of Delegates 68	Keith Hodges (R) 96.8%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 69	Chad Green (R) 91.3%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 70	Shelly Simonds (D) 57.1%	Matt Waters (R) 39.9%, Michael Bartley (L) 2.8%
House of Delegates 71	Amanda Batten (R) 50.9%	Jessica Anderson (D) 49%
House of Delegates 72	Lee Ware (R) 68.1%	Bilal Raychouni (D) 31.8%
House of Delegates 73	Mark Earley Jr. (R) 54.4%	Herb Walke (D) 45.4%
House of Delegates 74	Mike Cherry (R) 87.1%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 75	Carrie Coyner (R) 52.8%	Stephen Miller-Pitts Jr. (D) 47%
House of Delegates 76	Debra Gardner (D) 63.7%	Duc Truong (R) 35.8%
House of Delegates 77	Michael Jones (D) 91.1%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 78	Betsy Carr (D) 94.2%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 79	Rae Cousins (D) 97.5%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 80	Destiny LeVere Bolling (D) 95%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 81	Delores McQuinn (D) 94.1%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 82	Kim Taylor (R) 50.01%	Kim Adams (D) 49.82%
House of Delegates 83	H. Otto Wachsmann Jr. (R) 58.4%	Mary Person (D) 41.5%
House of Delegates 84	Nadarius Clark (D) 53%	Michael Dillender (R) 46.8%
House of Delegates 85	Cia Price (D) 89.6%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 86	Aijalon Cordoza (R) 56.3%	Jarris Taylor Jr. (D) 43.5%
House of Delegates 87	Jeion Ward (D) 77.4%	John Chapman (R) 22.1%
House of Delegates 88	Don Scott (D) 66.3%	Jim Wright (R) 33.3%
House of Delegates 89	N. Baxter Ennis (R) 50.8%	Karen Jenkins (D) 49%
House of Delegates 90	Jay Leftwich (R) 63%	Jeremy Rodden (D) 36.8%
House of Delegates 91	Cliff Hayes (D) 70.4%	Elijah Colon (R) 29.3%
House of Delegates 92	Bonita Anthony (D) 77.8%	Michael Durig (R) 21.8%
House of Delegates 93	Jackie Glass (D) 75.9%	John Sitka III (R) 23.8%
House of Delegates 94	Phil Hernandez (D) 55.7%	Andrew Pittman (R) 44.1%
House of Delegates 95	Alex Askew (D) 88.8%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 96	Kelly Convirs-Fowler (D) 55.17%	Mike Karslake (R) 41.17%, Nicholas Olenik (I) 3.45%
House of Delegates 97	Michael Feggans (D) 52.4%	Karen Greenhalgh (R) 47.5%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
House of Delegates 98	Barry Knight (R) 89.4%	Unopposed
House of Delegates 99	Anne Ferrell Tata (R) 57.3%	Cathy Porterfield (D) 42.6%
House of Delegates 100	Robert S. Bloxom, Jr. (R) 59.6%	Charles Jones (D) 40.2%
Senate 1	Timmy French (R) 58.2%	Emily Scott (D) 33.2%
Senate 2	Mark Obenshain (R) 69.4%	Kathy Beery (D) 28.6%, Joshua Huffman (L) 1.9%
Senate 3	Chris Head (R) 65.9%	Jade Harris (D) 34%
Senate 4	David Suetterlein (R) 53.2%	Trish White-Boyd (D) 46.6%
Senate 5	Travis Hackworth (R) 66.8%	Robert Beckman (D) 33.1%
Senate 6	Todd Pillion (R) 97.1%	Unopposed
Senate 7	Bill Stanley (R) 75.7%	Deborah Gates (D) 24.2%
Senate 8	Mark Peake (R) 70.1%	Donna St. Clair (D) 29.8%
Senate 9	Frank Ruff (R) 92.58%	Trudy Bell Berry (D) 0.17%
Senate 10	John McGuire (R) 91.2%	Unopposed
Senate 11	Creigh Deeds (D) 65.6%	Philip Hamilton (R) 34.3%
Senate 12	Glen Sturtevant (R) 54.7%	Natan McKenzie (D) 45%
Senate 13	Lashrecse Aird (D) 59.8%	Eric Ditri (R) 40%
Senate 14	Lamont Bagby (D) 95.3%	Unopposed
Senate 15	Ghazala Hashmi (D) 62.2%	Hayden Fisher (R) 37.5%
Senate 16	Schuyler VanValkenburg (D) 54.7%	Siobhan Dunnavant (R) 45.1%	Flipped R to D; Incumbent defeated
Senate 17	Emily Jordan (R) 52.3%	Clinton Jenkins (D) 47.4%
Senate 18	Louise Lucas (D) 58.9%	Tony Goodwin (R) 40.7%
Senate 19	Christie Craig (R) 58.1%	Myra Payne (D) 41.6%
Senate 20	Bill R. DeSteph, Jr (R) 56.9%	Victoria Luevanos (D) 42.9%
Senate 21	Angelia Graves (D) 77.04%	Giovanni Dolmo (I) 21.72%
Senate 22	Aaron Rouse (D) 55.1%	Kevin Adams (R) 44.8%
Senate 23	Mamie Locke (D) 89.7%	Unopposed
Senate 24	J.D. Diggs (R) 50.4%	T. Monty Mason (D) 49.4%	Flipped D to R; Incumbent defeated
Senate 25	Richard Stuart (R) 61.8%	Jolicia Ward (D) 38.1%
Senate 26	Ryan McDougle (R) 62.1%	Pam Garner (D) 37.8%
Senate 27	Tara Durant (R) 48.11%	Joel Griffin (D) 46.35%, Monica Gary (I) 4.62%
Senate 28	Bryce Reeves (R) 62.52%	Jason Ford (D) 34.11%, Elizabeth Melson (I) 3.22%
Senate 29	Jeremy McPike (D) 56.2%	Nikki Baldwin (R) 43.4%
Senate 30	Danica Roem (D) 51.8%	William Carroll Woolf (R) 47.9%
Senate 31	Russet Perry (D) 52.7%	Juan Pablo Segura (R) 47%
Senate 32	Suhas Subramanyam (D) 60.5%	Gregory Moulthrop (R) 39%
Senate 33	Jennifer Carroll Foy (D) 62.8%	Michael Van Meter (R) 36.9%
Senate 34	Scott Surovell (D) 69.8%	Mark Springman (R) 30%
Senate 35	Dave Marsden (D) 67.6%	Mark Vafiades (R) 32%
Senate 36	Stella Pekarsky (D) 60.8%	Julie Perry (R) 38.8%
Senate 37	Saddam Salim (D) 68.7%	Ken Reid (R) 30.9%
Senate 38	Jennifer Boysko (D) 68.5%	Matthew Lang (R) 31.3%
Senate 39	Adam Ebbin (D) 78.3%	Sophia Moshasha (R) 21.4%
Senate 40	Barbara Favola (D) 80.92%	David A. Henshaw (R) 18.77%

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